Former British Prime Minister appreciates Cambodiaโs progress in all fields
Cambodian Prime Minister Dr. Hun Manet received Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Chief Executive Officer of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, at the 2024 World Economic forum in Davos, Switzerland. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425156/former-british-prime-minister-appreciates-cambodias-progress-in-all-fields/
Mega First boosts spending on Lao dam, Cambodian rubber project
Malaysia’s Mega First Corp Bhd says it increased spending on a controversial dam project in Laos and a new rubber project in Cambodia by 45 percent to MYR 50.4 million ($15.7 million) in 2013. Project development expenditure on the Don Sahong dam on the Cambodian border ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MmI4Yzk4ZDQ4MjA
Outcomes of the telephone conversation between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of Cambodia, and His Excellency Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia, 21 January 2022
On 21 January 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on outcomes of the telephone conversation between Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of Cambodia, and His Excellency Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia, 21 January ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
OCIC razes last shacks, families move on
The last of 16 shacks that once clung to the edge of a mammoth development project in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district were demolished by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) on Monday. Seven families in Doeum Kor 2 village—where marshlands are quickly being pumped full ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ocic-razes-last-shacks-families-move-on-68073/
Most guards โover worstโ
A day after the government issued a statement saying that 22 of the Daun Penh district security guards beaten by opposition protesters on Tuesday were in “critical condition”, officials yesterday told the Post that most of them are now well on the way to recovery. Daun Penh district ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/most-guards-%E2%80%98over-worst%E2%80%99
Women from 6 poor communities in Phnom Penh face online restrictions: report
The August report from Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) was released yesterday and revealed that social media rights for women in six poor communities in Phnom Penh were restricted by threats and intimidation from local authorities after they shared information on the challenges they face in ...
Eliminate violence against women, most widespread, pervasive human rights violation
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is not only one of the worst forms of discrimination but also remains the most widespread and pervasive human rights violations in the world, 11 UN entities said on Friday, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501192440/eliminate-violence-against-women-most-widespread-pervasive-human-rights-violation/
District police chief demoted after removal of commune police chief with criminal record
A district police chief in Kampong Thom province was removed from his position after a commune police chief in his district was demoted for previously serving prison time for theft. A police official told CamboJA that the two police chiefs were relatives. ...
Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/district-police-chief-demoted-after-removal-of-commune-police-chief-with-criminal-record/
Police back up district security guards after clashes at Phnom Penh's Freedom Park
Several security guards have been injured after an opposition-aligned protest turned violent in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. The Phnom Penh Post is reporting that at least eight district security guards have been injured, some severely, and three opposition MPs have been arrested. ...
ABC Radio Australia News Staff
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2014-07-15/police-back-up-district-security-guards-after-clashes-at-phnom-penhs-freedom-park/1343133
Blood on the border
Sixty-nine Cambodians were shot dead by Thai soldiers while crossing the border illegally last year, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday at the launch of its annual report. “Cambodians were shot dead by Thai soldiers in 55 [incidents] last year in which ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blood-border
Golden Dragon drills end in triumph
China and Cambodia yesterday ended their largest-ever joint military exercise “Golden DraGon 2020” held for 15 days in Kampot province’s Chum Kiri district. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50708147/golden-dragon-drills-end-in-triumph/
Cambodia gains international recognisition as biodiversity-rich country
Cambodia has been internationally recognised for its rich biodiversity and the Kingdom’s Biodiversity Index is 7.5 (MacKinnon, 1997) although a higher score may be attainable when inventories are more advanced. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860924/cambodia-gains-international-recognisition-as-biodiversity-rich-country/
Boosting protection: PM approves third jabs in wake of Delta variant scourge
In the wake of the rapid spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that the AstraZeneca, Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines will be used as booster shots for all Cambodians who have been vaccinated twice. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50906235/boosting-protection-pm-approves-third-jabs-in-wake-of-delta-variant-scourge/
Australia deepens economic ties with ASEAN
Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia, Nicholas Moore, said that his nation will deepen economic ties with Cambodia and other regional countries in ASEAN as part of engagement with the bloc. ...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/australia-deepens-economic-ties-with-asean
General Science announces $255 million expansion plan in Cambodia
The 18-month project will add capacity for 3.5 million units of semi-steel radial passenger car tires and 750,000 all-steel truck bus tires per year at the plant, inaugurated in April last year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501418887/general-science-announces-255-million-expansion-plan-in-cambodia/
Hun Sen named acting president of ruling party
Prime Minister Hun Sen has been named acted president of the Cambodian People’s Party, temporarily taking over duties for Chea Sim. ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-named-acting-president-of-ruling-party/2640710.html
Joint press announcement: the signing on Cambodia-Germany Technical Cooperation Agreement 2019
On 09 June 2020, the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued a joint press announcement on the signing on Cambodia-Germany Technical Cooperation Agreement 2019. The signed Agreement on Technical Cooperation provided a total amount of 13.5 million EUR, equivalent to 14.6 million USD, in ...
Council for the Development of Cambodia
Ivory smuggler insists on innocence
A businessman is appealing his conviction for smuggling more than three tonnes of ivory into Cambodia, the largest haul ever seized. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38078/ivory-smuggler--insists-on-innocence/
Cambodia to get 1 million doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines, enhancing ironclad ties with China
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Friday via a Facebook voice message that the Chinese government has provided 1 million doses of COVID19 vaccines to the Royal government of Cambodia to vaccinate 500,000 people. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804187/cambodia-to-get-1-million-doses-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccines-enhancing-ironclad-ties-with-china/
Three more COVID-19 patients succumb to the virus in Cambodia, death toll now 29
The Ministry of Health on the morning of April 11, 2021 issued a press release confirming the death of a 36-year-old Cambodian due to COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50837099/three-more-covid-19-patients-succumb-to-the-virus-in-cambodia-death-toll-now-29/